Permanent Residence (2009)

Original title

永久居留

Directed by

Scud

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gay man in Hong Kong navigates his secret relationship with a straight friend. The film follows their bond over many years while dealing with societal taboos and personal longing.

introspectivemelancholicslow-burnsensualcontemplativehonestunflinchingtenderprovocative

What happens

Permanent Residence (永久居留) is a 2009 Hong Kong film starring Sean Li and Osman Hung. It was directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Danny Cheng, also known as Scud. The film explores several themes traditionally regarded as 'taboo' in Hong Kong society, in an unusually open, convention-defying way, and features full-frontal male nudity in several scenes. It is the second of seven publicly released films by Scud. The six other films are: City Without Baseball in 2008, Amphetamine in 2010, Love Actually... Sucks! in 2011, Voyage in 2013, Utopians in 2015 and Thirty Years of Adonis in 2017. The eighth film, Apostles, was made in 2022, as was the ninth, Bodyshop, but neither has yet been released. The tenth and final film, Naked Nations: Hong Kong Tribe, is currently in production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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